Combatant commander

The operations inside towns and populated areas should be suitable to face some issues such as the number of civilians and the influence of media. The first aspect is the presence of large number of non-combatants. Dense urban areas might have as a result an undesirable number of casualties. The manual JP 3-06 (2013) addresses that “since the beginning of World War II, military operations in urban areas have run the full operational gamut: full-scale ground…

The Joint Strategic Planning System (JSPS) is effective in meeting the needs organizational material needs of the Army but the Army Force Management process is ineffective. JSPS effectively facilitates the strategic planning process that synchronizes ends, ways and means with strategic and operational plans that drive changes in material and operational needs. It “integrates the processes and guidance of people and organizations above the Chairman” (Meinhart, 5). The effective transmittal of…

On July 3, 1863, Pemberton sent word to Grant that he needed to examine surrender. The next day, July 4, 1863, Union forces acknowledged the surrender of Vicksburg. More than 30,000 Confederates were paroled, as they were starving and in poor condition. Grant came to lament this, the same number of rejoined the Confederate armed force, abusing the terms of their parole. This is one motivation behind why in 1864 the Union armed force halted all detainee trades with the Confederacy. The outcomes…

Children are a cheap and plentiful resource for military commanders in need of a steady troop supply to war zones. Their underdeveloped ability to assess danger means they are often willing to take risks and difficult assignments that adults or older teenagers will refuse. Children are more impressionable than adults…

I am requesting an ETP in order to be released from my current career field, 3P0X1 Security Forces, so I may retrain into 3A111, Administration. The 3P0X1 career field is considered a balanced career field and is identified as not having any retraining-out quotas. Furthermore, this ETP is to fulfill the requirements of AFI 36-2626, Airman Retraining Program, paragraph 4.5 Exceptions to Policy (ETPs)/Waivers in order to complete retraining prI am requesting for retrain since the opportunity is…

beginning of the Iraqi war the enemy was a step ahead of coalition forces. With improved intelligence techniques and capabilities, the dynamic of the intelligence community changed for the better. 1 New systems and trained personnel gave the combat commanders exactly what they needed, timely intelligence to plan a successful mission. “Army and Marine intelligence along with the Department of Defense (DOD) and national intelligence agencies have made significant changes to better support…

was created and lead by Joseph Kony. He named himself as a prophet of God, and he was believed to have mystical powers. Everything was in his control. His team followed his commands. Key Leaders: Joseph Kony was the rebel group leader; his top commanders were Raska Lukwiya, Okot Odhiambo, Dominic Ongwen, and Vincent Otti. Territorial…

the nation along with our allied partners. In conclusion, the Army is mitigating the shortfall of the personnel by implementing Regional Aligned Forces (RAFs). The purpose of the RAF is to improve the Army’s ability to provide the six Combatant Commander a responsive and trained force. The BCTs that are Regional Aligned are training in those regions with coalition forces, which improve the Army’s capabilities and readiness. The RAFs are training with our coalition partners, which is…

The weapons used in war must discriminate between combatants and non-combatants. Civilians are never permissible targets of war, and every effort must be taken to avoid killing civilians. The deaths of civilians are justified only if they are unavoidable victims of a deliberate attack on a military target. Rape of Nanking (December 1937) Nanking, the capital of the Republic of China, fell to Japan’s military on December 13, 1937 (Chang, 4). Commander Asaka Yasuhiko ordered the Japanese soldiers…

integrates organic and Joint, Interagency, Multinational (JIM) fires capabilities, at strategic, operational, and tactical levels, through all five domains (land, maritime, air, cyber, and space), to provide scalable lethal and non-lethal effects to combatant commanders. In addressing the topic, I will begin by defining the meaning of fires. The Army and the joint community define fires as “The use of weapon systems or other actions to create specific lethal or nonlethal effects on a target” (JP…